Honami Maeda Explained

Honami Maeda
Native Name:前田 穂南
Native Name Lang:Maeda Honami
Nickname:Honan
Birth Place:Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture
Alma Mater:Higashinaka Sonoda (Hyogo)
Kaoruide Osaka High School (Osaka)
Height:1.66 m [1]
Weight:46 kg
Sport:Track and field
Event:10,000 metres, Marathon
Collegeteam:Osaka Kaoruide Jogakuin High School
Club:Tenmaya (天満屋)
Team:Asics

is a Japanese long-distance runner. She is the holder of the Japanese national record for 30 km (1:38:35), and the marathon (2:18:59), and the winner of the 2017 Hokkaido Marathon and the 2019 Marathon Grand Championship. She represented Japan at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Maeda won her first marathon in 2017 (Hokkaido Marathon in 2:28:48). She was second in the 2018 Osaka International Women's Marathon, and in the same year won the Sanyo Women's Half Marathon in 1:09:12. In 2020 Maeda won the Japanese Olympic Marathon trials in 2:25:15, beating second placed Ayuko Suzuki and third placed Rei Ohara.[2]

Marathons

Key:

Representing
2017Osaka Women's MarathonOsaka, Japan12thMarathon2:32:19
Hokkaido MarathonHokkaido, Japanbgcolor=gold1stMarathon2:28:48
2018Osaka Women's MarathonOsaka, Japanbgcolor=silver2ndMarathon2:23:48
Berlin MarathonBerlin, Germany7thMarathon2:25:23
2019Tokyo MarathonTokyo, Japan12thMarathon2:31:42
2020Marathon Grand ChampionshipTokyo, Japanbgcolor=gold1stMarathon2:25:15
2021Osaka Women's MarathonOsaka, Japanbgcolor=silver2ndMarathon2:23:30
Olympic GamesSapporo, Japan33rdMarathon2:35:28
2023Nagoya Women's MarathonNagoya, Japan3rdMarathon2:22:32
Marathon Grand ChampionshipTokyo, Japan7thMarathon2:27:02
2024Osaka Women's MarathonOsaka, Japanbgcolor=silver2ndMarathon2:18:59 (NR)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Japan Association of Athletics Federation . jaaf.or.jp . 3 March 2020.
  2. News: Shogo Nakamura Wins WILD and THRILLING Japanese Olympic Marathon Trials as Honami Maeda Crushes Women's Field . 2 March 2020 . letsrun.com.